Germany, Heer. A Special Grade Tank Badge For 25 Panzer Engagments, By Josef Feix & Söhne Hold maker marked "FIRMIN LONDON" on

maker marked "FIRMIN LONDON" on the reverse

It was granted for outstanding services in the railway aspect of the war

(1879 issue)

including a Spanish Military Merit Cross and a Medal for the Campaign of 1936-1939

The reverse bears the mark “SMF SOLINGEN D

Germany, Heer. A Special Grade Tank Badge For 25 Panzer Engagments, By Josef Feix & Söhne Hold maker marked "FIRMIN LONDON" on(Panzerkampfabzeichen mit Einsatzzahl 25). Constructed of silvered and patinated zink; the obverse consisting of a border of oak leaves with a box at the base displaying the numeral 25, with a Panzer superimposed in the centre rolling over wooden logs, with its left tank track extending over the edge of the badge; the reverse plain with a vertical banjo style pin, a crimped sheet metal hinge, and a repaired replaced crimped (now glued) catch; with two